Mothers reframing physical activity: Family oriented politicism, transgression and contested expertise in Australia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2295-2306

  Lewis, Belinda ^a   Ridge, Damien ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; Health promotion; Mothering; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING; WORK;

EID: 14644402547     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.10.011     Document Type: Article

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